基于一致性的小型四旋翼机群自主编队分布式运动规划

设计一种小型四旋翼无人机群起飞后自主形成正多边形编队的分布式运动规划方法.在四旋翼无人机的串级控制系统框架下,分布式编队控制器以简化agent模型为基础,同时采用平均一致性算法和有领导一致性算法,共同产生各无人机位置与偏航角的期望轨迹.讨论了达成最终协调目标队形的拓扑条件,并给出一种基于有向Hamilton环的通信拓扑设计方案.最后通过数值仿真验证了所提出算法的有效性.     

Distributed finite‐time formation control for multiple quadrotors via local communications

This paper investigates finite‐time formation tracking control problem for multiple quadrotors with external disturbance. The states of the virtual leader are not available to all the followers and the network topology is described by a directed graph. The model of each quadrotor is divided into position subsystem and attitude subsystem. Firstly, novel distributed finite‐time state observers are designed to estimate the relative state errors between followers and the virtual leader. Secondly, the values of these observers are used to design controllers that achieve finite‐time robust coordinated tracking in the position subsystem. Thirdly, the terminal sliding mode disturbance observers and finite‐time attitude tracking controllers are proposed, respectively, in the attitude subsystem to estimate the external disturbance and achieve attitude tracking control. The finite‐time stability analysis of the control algorithms is carried out using the Lyapunov theory and the homogeneous technique. Finally, the efficiency of the proposed algorithm is illustrated by numerical simulations.     

Aerial cooperative transporting and assembling control using multiple quadrotor–manipulator systems

In this paper, a fully distributed control scheme for aerial cooperative transporting and assembling is proposed using multiple quadrotor–manipulator systems with each quadrotor equipped with a robotic manipulator. First, the kinematic and dynamic models of a quadrotor with multi-Degree of Freedom (DOF) robotic manipulator are established together using Euler–Lagrange equations. Based on the aggregated dynamic model, the control scheme consisting of position controller, attitude controller and manipulator controller is presented. Regarding cooperative transporting and assembling, multiple quadrotor–manipulator systems should be able to form a desired formation without collision among quadrotors from any initial position. The desired formation is achieved by the distributed position controller and attitude controller, while the collision avoidance is guaranteed by an artificial potential function method. Then, the transporting and assembling tasks request the manipulators to reach the desired angles cooperatively, which is achieved by the distributed manipulator controller. The overall stability of the closed-loop system is proven by a Lyapunov method and Matrosov's theorem. In the end, the proposed control scheme is simplified for the real application and then validated by two formation flying missions of four quadrotors with 2-DOF manipulators.     

基于SO(3)的多四旋翼无人机编队协同控制

针对多四旋翼无人机系统的编队飞行问题,提出了基于特殊正交群SO(3)的协同控制设计方法.在给出编队空间队形和通信拓扑描述后,建立了多四旋翼无人机系统SO(3)控制模型.由于SO(3)与传统俯仰/偏航/滚转三通道模型具有不同的结构,文中进一步研究了SO(3)中无人机之间相对误差的表示方法,设计了适用于多飞行器的SO(3)控制器实现对编队和姿态的协同控制.推力控制器用于调节无人机的位置与速度,并在此基础上构造旋转矩阵形式的姿态协同指令.文中相应设计了SO(3)姿态控制器用于实现指令跟踪,最后从理论上对协同稳定性进行了分析.提出的控制方法能够使得多四旋翼无人机形成期望的队形,并且保持姿态一致进行稳定飞行.仿真结果验证了本文方法的有效性.     

Nonlinear robust adaptive hierarchical sliding mode control approach for quadrotors

This paper exploits a nonlinear robust adaptive hierarchical sliding mode control approach for quadrotors subject to thrust constraint and inertial parameter uncertainty to accomplish trajectory tracking missions. Because of under‐actuated nature of the quadrotor, a hierarchical control strategy is available; and position and attitude loop controllers are synthesized according to adaptive sliding mode control projects, where adaptive updates with projection algorithm are developed to ensure bounded estimations for uncertain inertial parameters. Further, during the position loop controller development, an auxiliary dynamic system is introduced, and selection criteria for controller parameters are established to maintain the thrust constraint and to ensure the non‐singular requirement of command attitude extraction. It has demonstrated that, the asymptotically stable trajectory tracking can be realized by the asymptotically stable cascaded closed‐loop system and auxiliary dynamic system. Simulations validate and highlight the proposed control approach. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Robust attitude controller design for miniature quadrotors

This paper addresses the robust attitude control problem of miniature quadrotors. A simplified linear dynamical model is obtained for each attitude angle, whereas nonlinear dynamics, interaxis coupling, parameter perturbations, and external disturbances are considered as uncertainties. For each channel, a linear time‐invariant and decoupled robust controller are proposed based on a linear reduced‐order observer and a robust compensator. The observer is applied to estimate the angular velocities, and the robust compensator is introduced for reducing the effects of uncertainties. It is proven that the estimation errors of angular velocities and angular tracking errors can converge to the given neighborhood of the origin in a finite time. Experimental results on the miniature quadrotor are presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control approach. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.